Bedesmen.

Bedesmen - In time of Henry VII
The group represents the abbot and some of the monks, and behind them some of the bedesmen, each of whom has the royal badge—the rose and crown—on the shoulder of his habit, and holds in his hand his rosary, the symbol of his prayers.

Author

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages, by Edward Lewes CuttsPublished in 1911